Ryan Dunlavey is a New York based cartoonist best known for being the artist of the Xeric and ALA award winning ACTION PHILOSOPHERS (written and co-created by Fred Van Lente). His other sequential tragedies include THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS (also with Van Lente, from IDW, May 2012), MODOK: REIGN DELAY (Marvel) and THE DIRT CANDY COOKBOOK (with chef Amanda Cohen, from Clarkson Potter, August 2012). His illustrations and cartoons have appeared in WIZARD, TOYFARE, MAD, ROYAL FLUSH, DISNEY ADVENTURES and MTV GEEK.